Halle Berry's pet Octopus: NBS BIF 8

This seems pretty dialed in. Are they paying attention?

 

Hint #1: My target’s state is larger than mine
Hint #2: My target has been in at least of the last 3 rounds
Hint #3: My target has reviewed at least 250 beers.
Hint #4: My target has reviewed less beers than me
Hint #5: My target has had beer from my state
Hint #6: This is not the first time beer has been sent between us, could have been a trade, previous target, previous sender, LIF from an earlier round or ninja box.

Hint #7: My target is active on this thread.
Hint #8: My target’s state does touch water, but not an ocean.

 

I'm sure if they are, I'll get called out soon.

 

Dammit!!!

 

Hint #1. Between 4 and 30 of my target's state would fit into mine.
Hint #2. My target makes frequent trips to a brewery that I would trade for in a heartbeat.
Hint #3. My target has visited my state before.

Haul hint #1. Target will receive some sought-after beers from a brewery they have enjoyed in the past.
Haul hint #2. Target will receive beer from breweries I have worked at in the past and present.

 

You are supposed to forget that...

 

Concerning hint 1: do you mean land area, or population? If it's land area, Minnesota is out. If it's population, we're in.

 

I have a stock pile of Brurey stuff that my receiver will get a few bottles.

 

Watching this vid might clarify Hint #5, btw:

 

Dang it, had me going right up until #8

 

Alright, alright- I was waiting for a certain someone else to post, but your clues keep on pinging my radar.

You're my sender!

 

Main box and an unrelated box are packed up. Third is wrapped and bagged, just in need of actual box to put it in. May do some shipping tomorrow. Time to step up the hints.

Hint 8: You probably wouldn’t appreciate the same exact food items a certain champion NBS BIF lurker apparently would

Hint 9: My birthday was 12.18.2.11.6

Haul Hint:

(No telling)

 

I've been hit! @akatz821 , I said we were even!

I finally got home tonight after work and picking my daughters up from after school activities, and find a box that the USPS has clearly rolled all the way from New York:



Despite the trauma, everything inside is perfectly intact:



I am currently obsessed with Suarez, and super excited about Call to Mind. I also get to try my first beers from Three's, a brewery I've been wanting to check out: You People (IPA) and Eternal Return (Brett/lacto with sauvignon Blanc grape must - mmmmmm!). Also included is a new-for-me Other Half IPA (495nm), always excellent.

Last, a negroni cocktail made in Brooklyn and a Green City Brooklyn glass.

Thank you Azi, this is all awesome! You always send such thoughtful boxes. And when the time is right, and you have forgotten all about this, balance will be restored to the beeriverse.

Cheers!

 

This meet up is what dreams are made of

 

This meet up is what dreams are made of

 

It's not every day that I get to cross a Texan off of a list based on comparing state size!

 

Off topic, but this story was just a few weeks too late in being reported:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article218733035.html
Octopuses on Ecstasy would have been a great BIF title!

 

Where have I heard that before? (Awesome box, by the way!)